We're back with another dose of recommendations after trawling through the TV listings so you don't have to, finding six quality movies on TV tonight.
Tonight's offerings include an Oscar-winning performance from Daniel Day-Lewis, a Clint Eastwood classic, and an M. Night Shyamalan thriller.
Movies On TV Tonight
Sahara: 6.40pm, Film4
Year: 2005
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn
Plot: An explorer goes in search of a lost Civil War battleship known as the Ship of Death in the deserts of West Africa while helping a WHO doctor in her search for the source of a wide-spreading plague.
Sudden Impact: 9pm, TCM
Year: 1983
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle
Plot: Inspector Harry Callahan of the San Francisco Police Department investigates and tries to catch a gang rape victim who is murdering her attackers one by one.
Rating: 57% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Pixels: 9pm, Comedy Central
Year: 2015
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan
Plot: A special team of arcade gamers is put together to fight a mysterious alien race that watches classic games of the '80s and presumes them to be a declaration of war.
Lincoln: 9pm, Film4
Year: 2012
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn
Plot: Abraham Lincoln uses his powers as the president of the United States of America as he strives to abolish slavery and reunite his country during the Civil War.
Unbreakable: 9pm, Sony Movies
Year: 2000
Cast: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright
Plot: David, a security guard, survives a fatal train accident, only to be tracked down by a man named Elijah Price, who claims that David is blessed with superhuman abilities.
Rocky V: 10pm, ITV 4
Year: 1990
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
Plot: Rocky, a one-time champ, hits rock bottom when he takes on a protege who unfairly wrested away the title from him. In spite of suffering brain damage, Rocky is ready for a rematch.
Rating: 29% (Rotten Tomatoes)
